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News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:33 pm

Nekoman wrote:
NuclearConvoy wrote:Call me blind, but as far as these three are concerned, I don't really see a HUGE improvement.

Truth be told, I think a lot of people are forgetting the fact that these aren’t meant to be big improvements,
they are meant to make it easy for Japanese people to get the figures.

Nah, I'm just used to Takara's releases, overall, having better paint apps, far better, than the domestic release versions. However, I'm surprised to say that, with regards to what we've seen so far, Hasbro's versions were pretty excellent and the Japanese detailing upgrades aren't as massively more impressive as, say, GF Vector Prime vs. Cyb Vector Prime.

I never expect Takara to outright, purposely "try" to improve a figure, they just end up doing it with their higher amount of paint applications etc.

I do, however, Expect Megatron to be in more G1 reminiscent colours, due to safety regulations being drastically different between Japan and, well, almost everywhere else.

by **Nemesis Cyberplex** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:05 pm

Nekoman wrote:Get them as in little Japanese guy goes to his local Lawson for a beer looks and “oh wow, those are those robots I bought when I was a kid.” goes home and enjoys a cold one while reliving the most precious moments of his childhood with Grimlock.

Ok, so the second. At that I have to ask.....what's not to get about the classics & their slightly different colorschemes? Just about every one I saw was immediately recognisable as the intended updated character...(I say just about because I always have trouble keeping the coneheads' names straight)